Scrap.tf should not take my keys when I have enough refined for a bot trade!

[JoBlo]

So I'm buying some hats and I have over 150 refined in my backpack.   The hats are about 38 refined.    Scrap.tf should only take refined from buyers backpacks until there is "not enough" refined to make the trade.  Than and only than should the bots take the buyers keys and give any necessary change.

 

It's tricky of Scrap.tf to do this.    It gains them much needed keys.   For their customers it forces them to replace the lost key with keys that (very likely) cost more than the original key based on current TF2 economics.

 

Win win for Scrap.tf and lose lose for their customers.   

 

Scrap.tf please balance the books by changing this auto key swiping system and 1st always take the refined if available and than take keys only if necessary to complete the bot trade.

 

 

[Gaia's Minion]

You need to have in mind the Bot's Space in its Inventory/Backpack.

 

For Example, you said that the hats you wanted to buy were about 38 Refined. Let's say that they're 15 hats. 15 Hats worth 38 Refined.

 

It's more convenient for the Bot to ask for 1 Key and 8 Refs, which leaves the bot with 6 Free Extra Slots.

 

But If it were to ask for 38 Refs, then the bot would "lose" 23 Free Slots.

 

 

[JoBlo]

I understand your point but that is not an economic TF2 issue.   That is an internal Scrap.tf issue.   Let's look at what Scrap.tf devotes to bot space at Marketplace.tf?   Every item deposited by sellers to the Marketplace.tf bots are stored by Scrap.tf until they sell.   Scrap.tf deems this worthwhile because they will reap the revenue rewards when items sell.  It's the same concept for Item banking at Scrap.tf.   Sellers should be able to decide if they want to keep their keys and buy items with refined not the other way around.   If I go to a store and purchase an item with 1,000 pennies instead of 10 dollars the store must accept right?   This is an issue only because of the current TF2 key price economy.  It's out of control.

[Orange]

I know that this doesn't fit but once the bots gave me 5 ref worth of scrap, not 5 ref, 5 ref worth of scrap. That's 45 scrap. That's all I wanted to say.